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Born at Waterdown, Ontario on 15 January 1877, son of Fannie and Stewart Houston, he was educated at the Stamford High School and Niagara Falls Collegiate Institute. He came to Manitoba and worked at the Imperial Bank of Canada at Portage la Prairie (1897-1900) and an accountant at Winnipeg (1904). In 1911, he was Manager of the Imperial Bank of Canada, with branches at Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario. He died on 9 October 1911 and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Herbert C. Houston, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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